Geelong Sustainability
Ella GEORGE (Lara) (19:20): (450) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Energy and Resources, and the action that I seek from the minister is that she visit Geelong Sustainability to hear about the work they are doing and their impact-focused community programs that are helping local residents transform their homes to become more sustainable. One such program is the climate safe rooms project. The climate safe rooms pilot project, which was funded by the Victorian government, retrofitted one room within a vulnerable household so that the resident could remain comfortable during both summer and winter extremes. As a result of upgrades, participants reported an increase in comfort and health along with reduced depression and anxiety. Another is their electric homes program. This program is a community-driven program to help households across the Barwon South West region transition to an all-electric solar-powered future. Geelong Sustainability bring together information, products and experienced suppliers to make it easy for households to install solar panels, home battery storage, hot-water heat pumps, efficient heating and cooling systems and electric vehicle chargers. Every system sold under this program contributes to the donation of solar and heat pumps to other households. These go to households in the community who otherwise could not afford them but who are most vulnerable to cost-of-living pressures and rising energy bills. I look forward to hosting the minister on this visit so she can see the wonderful work that Geelong Sustainability is doing across the Geelong region and in particular the electorate of Lara.